Gardening for Amateurs 



Escallonia macrantha, philippiana, and 

 rubra; Euonymus; Fraxinus (Ash), in variety; 

 Garrya elliptica ; Genista ; Ginkgo biloba 

 (Maidenhair Tree) ; Hamamelis arborea, 

 japonica and virginica ; Hollies ; Jasmines ; 

 Juniperus communis and Sabina ; Kerria ; 

 Laburnum Adami, alpinum and vulgare ; 

 Lavender ; Leycesteria formosa ; Ligustrum 

 (Privet) ; Lonicera (Honeysuckle) ; Magno- 

 lia ; Pa via alba (Chestnut) ; Philadelphus ; 

 Phillyrea latifolia ; Phlomis fruticosa ; 

 Prunus spinosa ; Pyrus ; Ribes ; Spartium 

 junceum ; Spiraea ; Syringa (Lilac) ; Vibur- 

 num ; Willow ; and Yucca. 



Plants for Peat Soil. Peaty soils con- 

 sist of decayed vegetation, and are usually 

 deficient in lime. Those mentioned below 

 prefer peaty soil. Andromeda polifolia ; 

 Arbutus Menziesii and Unedo ; Arctosta- 

 phylos alpina, A. Uva-ursi, a handsome 

 trailing plant ; Azaleas in variety ; Caly- 

 canthus floridus, sweetly scented flowers ; 

 Camellia ; Catalpa bignonioides ; Ceanothus ; 

 Chionanthus virginica ; Clethra alnifolia 

 and arborea ; Colutea arborescens ; Comp- 

 tonia (Myrica) asplenifolia and cerifera ; 

 Cornus Florida ; Daphne Cneorum and 

 pontica ; Desfontainea spinosa ; Epigaea 

 repens ; Erica ; Euonymus ; Fothergilla 

 alnifolia ; Gaultheria procumbens and 

 Shallon ; Halesia hispida and tetraptera ; 

 Hydrangea arborescens ; Kalmia angusti- 

 folia and latifolia ; Koelreuteria paniculata ; 

 Ledum latifolium ; Magnolia conspicua, 

 glauca, and stellata ; Menziesia globularis ; 

 Olearia Haastii ; Pernettya mucronata ; 

 Philadelphus; Rhododendron; Rhodora cana- 

 densis ; Rhodotypus kerrioides ; Skimmia 

 japonica ; Spiraea ; Staphylea colchica ; 

 Stuartia pentagyna ; Ulex europaeus and 

 nanus (Furze) ; Vaccinium in variety ; Vibur- 

 num ; and Xanthoceras Sorbifolia. 



Plants for Light Soil. Many trees and 



shrubs dislike anything approaching stagna- 

 tion at the roots, as may occur in clay or peat, 

 and such do best in light, sandy soils. The 

 following may be planted with confidence : 

 Acer ; Alnus cordifolius ; Aristolochia sipho ; 

 Artemisia Abrotanum ; Berberis ; Ceano- 

 thus in variety ; Cedrus Libani ; Cerasus 

 (flowering Cherry) ; Cupressus in variety ; 

 Cytisus ; Elaeagnus in variety ; Euonymus ; 

 Forsythia suspensa and viridissima ; Fother- 

 gilla alnifolia ; Fremontia californica ; Gen- 

 ista anglica, pilosa and tinctoria ; Hamame- 

 lis ; Hibiscus syriacus ; various Hypericums ; 

 Hollies ; Junipers in variety ; Kerria ; 

 Laburnum ; Lavender ; Ligustrum (Privet) ; 

 Lycium barbarum ; Magnolia ; Neillia opuli- 

 folia ; Nuttallia cerasiformis ; Ononis fruti- 

 cosa ; Osmanthus fragrans ; Phlomis fruti- 

 cosa ; Pyrus ; Rhamnus Alatemus ; Rhus ty- 

 phina ; Ribes (flowering Currant) ; Robinia 

 hispida ; Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) ; 

 Rubusfruticosus; Ruscusaculeatus (Butcher's 

 Broom) and racemosus ; Sophora japonica 

 pendula ; Spartium junceum ; Spiraeas ; Sta- 

 phylea colchica and pinnata ; Symphoricar- 

 pus (Snowberry Tree), occidentalis, race- 

 mosus and vulgaris ; Syringa (Lilac) ; Tamarix 

 gallica ; Ulex europaeus and nanus ; Vibur- 

 num ; Yucca aloifolia, gloriosa, etc. 



It will thus be seen from the lists given 

 that, no matter what the soil may be, there 

 is a wide selection of plants for each kind of 

 land. Many plants are repeated in more 

 than one of the lists ; they can be relied upon 

 for all general purposes. On the other hand, 

 many plants that succeed in one soil would 

 fail absolutely in certain others. Peat- 

 loving plants, for instance, very rarely do 

 more than exist many refuse even to do 

 this in calcareous soils owing to their 

 objection to lime. Altogether, the subject 

 requires a good deal of study, especially 

 where planting on a large scale is meditated. 



Killing Wire worms by Kindness. 



Many garden lovers, especially growers of 

 Strawberries and Carnations, often look round 

 to find a suitable means of getting rid of 

 wireworm. Take the advice of an old 

 farmer, given many years ago, and slay him 

 with kindness. Insert among your plants 



tempting knobs of linseed cattle cake as big 

 as Walnuts, just lightly buried in the earth. 

 He will feed greedily on this until his jacket 

 becomes over-distended. What follows is 

 better imagined than described, but there 

 is no more wireworm. Many remedies are 

 advocated, but this is the simplest. 



